|Sean Keuleyan seank[at]temple.edu|
My work focused on using scanning probe microscopy (SPM) to study thin metal films deposited on organic self-assembled monolayers. The systems we were looking at were used in Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) devices as sensors of hydrogen gas.
I used current-sensing atomic force microscopy (AFM) to characterize these films in terms of their morphologies and conductivities in order to better understand how these structures grow on a scale of nanometers.
Sean Keuleyan joined the Borguet Group in the summer of 2006, while studying Film and Media Arts at Temple University. Drawn by the allure of Physical Chemistry and the enthusiasm of Prof. Eric Borguet of the Chemistry department, Sean made and carried out plans to complete a double major in Film and Chemistry. Over the next two years, he stayed on with the Borguet group while completing the B.S. Chemistry requirements and setting sights on a graduate degree.